#BE9B48#BE9B48

#BE9B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B48
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 3.49, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 47.57, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0069 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.11 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1280, 34.8597, 11.0607)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B48 #486BBE

analogous

#BE6048 #BE9B48 #A6BE48

triadic

#BE9B48 #48BE9B #9B48BE

tetradic

#BE9B48 #48BE60 #486BBE #BE48A6

square

#BE9B48 #48BE60 #486BBE #BE48A6

split-complementary

#BE9B48 #48A6BE #6048BE

monochromatic

#675325 #947835 #BE9B48 #CEB475 #DECCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BE9B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B48

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B48	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b87e',
    500: '#be9b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b48;
$custom-light: #d5b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B48

secondary

#97A6CB

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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